I have been watching the AI space closely, and something shifted last quarter. Anthropic is winning enterprise contracts while OpenAI is fighting consumer perception battles.
What most businesses miss
For SA businesses, this is actually good news. The AI price war means better tools for less, more flexibility to switch, and local customization becoming the norm.
The pattern
Enterprise-first means better compliance, data handling, and SA-specific integrations.
Claude context window handles local documentation better: contracts, proposals, compliance docs.
The pricing pressure is forcing ALL vendors to be more competitive.
South Africa is not waiting
Telkom committed R100m to an AI institute.
Nedbank is embedding AI with governance.
The bottom line
The businesses winning are not the ones using the most expensive AI - they are the ones using the RIGHT AI for their specific operations.
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Michael Kidd, Founder of Agentcy
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Michael Kidd, Founder of Agentcy
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